Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-12
THE NORTH STATE.
THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
AND AGRICULTURE.
A Lively Canvass-Arrested for Hol,e-
burnihg-nan.River coalbeds-
Personal and Briefs.
fsnec,al TELEGRAM 10 The p,spatch. /,


Especial telegram to the Dspatch.l
RALEIGH, n. c., July ll.-To-da day
magistrates were appointed 10y the Gov
.rnor for fifteen COMMITTEES.
The Buroau Of Labor Statistics has
received reports from oil the counties
save two, and the reports are being
tabulatcd. These returns are from
one thousand different persons. A new
set of inquiries is at once 10 be put ont
to cover more specifically the wages of
all classes Of laborcrs. Reports on the
quality of farm labor nj this date show
that II is up TO the average, perhaps a
little above There are some complaints
from the cast. but none from the west.
The number of signal offices
was to-day increased to forty
two by the addition Of War
saw, Cameron, Magnolia, and Louis
burg. DR.. Dabncy, chief of that
service, says that the staff Of observers
is very competent one. The chief
signal station will bc moved next week
from the experiment farm to the agri
cultural binding in this city, and will
he thoroughly fitted up. Dr. Dabney
has many applications for the creation
Of new signal stations. He will
probably organize these at Rocky
Point. Iattlcboro', Hendersonyillc, and
Newport in few days.
Tomorrow the State Board Of Agri-
culture and trustees of the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College hold
Joint session. The meeting IS spe-
cially to consider the subject of work
upon this college, and a great majority of
the members OF the JOINT board warmly
favor the plan of beginning work at once
on the buildings. just as soon as the
brick and material can be obtained
work viii therefore begin. Orders for
brick have been given the penitentiary
authorities.
On Wednesday the Board OF Agri-
culture meets to look after the regular
work of that department. This Is the
second meeting held TINS year. The
law SAYS that there shall be only two
regular meetings and that one shall bc
held the first Wednesday in December.
The Governor has authority to call
meetings As the next regular meeting
will not bc held until the close OF the
fiscal year Commissioner Robinson will
ak the board to make appropriations
now for two quarters
DAN-KvER COALrEos.
Commissioner Robinson's report was
completed to-day II covers the entire
work of the department. Referring
TO the survey Of the Dan-riycr coalbcds,
it SAYS that work was expected to begin
before TINS month. but that there has
been hitch about some of the land.
The Citiz,ns have raised thousand
dollars, and tie department has given
like eum. Win this $1,000 practical
work Will be- done, Mr.. Robinson says.
III tie way Of boring and sinking of
shafts
A LIVELY CANVAS.
4 lively CANVASS began today in
liDItlord county oh a question Of much
interest county subscription to the
MurlTccslOro railway. The election
viii be- held july 2lst
Sarah Upton, white woman, is in
Jail at Shelby charged with burning the
dwelling of Sarah Jane Craig, in Ci,yc-
land county. Tn, women are enemies.
Mrs. Upton fed, but was captured in
Burke county.
Contracts have been made for the
construction of a railway from Shelby
northward to the line of Burke county.
work to begin I'M month and 10 to-
completed IN eighteen months.
Work ON the Wattr-works iog Colds
Goro' lcean to-day. Water will be
taken from the r.yor two miles from
town.
READY TOR An EXECUTION.
All the preparations for the eyecu-
ton of Archibald Martin, the negro
murderer, at Rockingham, were COM
plotcd to-day. The gallows is in the
Jail enclosure. The drop viii hc over
five feet. The execution will take
place about noon.
NLIY HOT WEATHER.
I he third heated term of tbs season
is now prevailing, and cOmiu@ds 1t docs
Just after heavy and continuous rains
will cause considerable sickness IN low
sections. 1t is extremely beneficial to
cotton, which now needs all the sun
shine and warmth It can get
TIE FAKNELs GATuCRS1.
Mr. John Robinson, Commissioner
of Agriculture. says TIE farmers en-
campmont at Mount Holly, CASTOR
county, is certain to- be the most impor-
tant affair of the kind ever held in the
State. Ike will specially attend ii.
More than dozen of the ablest men in
the State are booked TO speak on special
topics, and all sorts of matters, agr.cul-
tuTal and educational, Will be looked at
from every point of view. The most
comprehensive arrangements have been
made for tine convenience of the peO-
pie who will attend the meeting. Rail
way fares are very low. Many of the
speakers Will at the close of the meet
lug go to Concord to attend the farm
ers' institute there, which Is to be
conducted on large scale.
NEWS HERE AND THERE.
William diversified, an English lad |
resident here. Was thrOwA from mule !
Il week ago, conclusion OF the brain fol-
lowed, and death resulted late Satur-
day night. Diversified had been adopt
ed 10y man who lives here, ~ he had
no parents living. The funeral was
held Yesterday.
Governor Scales's physician, learn
ing that the Governor intended taking
"A trip on the consistency schooner
Scoresby. has advised against it if the |
trip is to he made III the rivers. 1t may |
be that the Governor will abandon the |
trip for the present, or else alter the !
route 50 as TO bs in salt water.
Twenty-fOur more convlcts have been |
sent from the penitentiary to the Geor-
gis and North Carolina railroad. As |
they were being taken there, chained |
together. one of them contrivcd 10 |
loosen his hsgds and sprsng boldly out |
OF window as the tram was near San
ford. He was unhurt 10y the leap in
the darkness, but his liberty was brief, |
for iii SIX hours he was recaptured, and |
is now back in the penitenhary.
The Hornets Nest Rifiemex, of Char |
lotte, Captain Il. Il. Robertson, will |
take their band to Morehead tomorrow.
Altogether there will be fifty men.
III r y.